Presence of GadD1 glutamate decarboxylase in selected listeria monocytogenes strains is associated with an ability to grow at low pH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2832-2839

  Cotter, Paul D ^a   Ryan, Sheila ^a,b   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a,b   Hill, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; PH EFFECTS;

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE (GAD) SYSTEMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW-PH STRESS; PROKARYOTES;

ENZYMES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIPORTER; GADD1 ENZYME; GADD2 ENZYME; GADD3 ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN GADD1T1; PROTEIN GADD2T2; PROTEIN GADT1; PROTEIN GADT2; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROKARYOTE; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 20444379927     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2832-2839.2005     Document Type: Article

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